Children at a community health event in Timor Leste, one of the locations where Health Alliance International has maternal-child health programs. Photo credit: Jessica Dyer (MPH '15), George Povey Fellow.

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Health System Strengthening

With over 130 partner organizations around the world, the Department's training and capacity building efforts are improving health in more than 37 countries around the world. Two powerhouse organizations, Health Alliance International and the International Training & Education Center for Health (I-TECH), are responding to emerging global health needs through training, electronic medical record implementation, and quality assurance.

Health System Strengthening Overview

Health Alliance International (HAI) is a UW-affiliated, non-governmental organization that partners with ministries of health to strengthen government primary health care and foster social, economic, and health equity for all. HAI consists of over 150 field staff in Mozambique, Timor-Leste, and Côte d’Ivoire, and 22 staff at headquarters in Seattle, including seven UW DGH faculty. Led by James Pfeiffer, MPH, PhD.

International Training & Education Center for Health (I-TECH) is a collaboration between the University of Washington and the Univer­sity of California, San Francisco. The two universities work in partnership with local ministries of health, universities, NGOs, medical facilities, and other organizations in more than 30 countries to support the develop­ment of a skilled health care workforce and well-organized national health delivery systems. Led by Ann Downer, MS, EdD, at UW, and Michael Reyes, MD, MPH, at UCSF.

The PEPFAR Policy Monitoring Project was a multi-disciplinary collaboration between the University of Washington, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Health Policy Project. The objective of this project was to monitor progress toward achieving HIV-related policy reforms in PEPFAR partner countries and build policy development and monitoring capacity of key institutions in PEPFAR partner countries.